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Monthly Archives: June 2012
O Canada! Knits
Happy Canada Day long weekend! Should you happen to be be feeling patriotic, we’ve found a few pattern that will get a canuck revved up! We’ve also pulled out the all the red, white, ecru & beige yarns we’ve suggested, so you can pop in and grab ’em on your way out of town (or in town)!
- 6mm needles
- Bulky weight yarn
- Berroco Vintage Chunky 6154 Crimson & 6101 Mochi (a slightly more subdued combo)
- Berroco Vintage Chunky 61181 Ruby & 6100 Snow Day (a more traditional combo)
- Malabrigo Chunky 63 Natural & 157 Amoroso (or 44 Geranio if you’re old fashioned)
- Malabrigo Chunky 36 Pearl & 23 Pagoda (for a retro/modified look)
- Berroco Weekend Chunky (cotton) 6947 Blood Orange & 6904 Pebble (or 6902 Vanilla )
- Free Pattern
- Knit flat and seamed up the side
- 4mm needles
- Worsted weight yarn (Berroco Vintage, Lamb’s Pride Worsted, Cascade 220 Superwash, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, Malabrigo Merino Worsted)
For fun, try reversing the colours (make white dominant), or substitute a beige for the white for a more vintage look.
- Berroco Vintage 5154 Crimson & 5104 Mushroom (alternately for a maore traditional look try 5150 Berries & 5101 Mochi or 51181 Ruby & 6100 Snow Day)
- Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran 610 Ruby & 102 Beige (alternately 101 Ecru)
- Lamb’s Pride Worsted M83 Raspberry & M140 Aran
- Cascade 220 Superwash 817 Aran & 893 Ruby
- Free Pattern
- 4.5mm needles
- Worsed/Aran Weight Yarn (only 1 skein needed)
- Berroco Weekend 5955 Reddy or 5947 Blood Orange ($6.97 ea)
- Cloud Cotton 127 or 112 ($9.97 ea)
- Berroco Remix 3960 Strawberry ($9.97 ea)
- Free Pattern
- 4mm needles
- DK weight yarn
- Cascade 220 Superwash Sport ($6.97/50g)
- Super 10 Cotton ($12.97/125g)
- Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK ($8.97 ea/50g)
- Free Pattern
- 3.5mm needles
- Worsted weight yarn
Yarn Swap July 21st
Market Bag Survey: Results!
A Slew of New Studioloo!
Closing at 5pm on Friday June 15
New Soak Boxes & Handmaid have Arrived!
- 1 skein of custom hand-dyed yarn by Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport
- A unique Fiona Ellis pattern for fingerless gloves
- Essie nail polish (matching the yarn)
- 90ml bottle of new Soak Handmaid luxury hand cream
- 90ml bottle of Soak in the same scent as the hand cream (new airport-security friendly size)
- Red: Soak Celebration, pattern Clark Cable, Essie Poor Lil Rich Girl
- Taupe: Soak Lacey, pattern Double Pointe Pink, & Essie Mink Muffs
- Pink: Soak Unscented, pattern Cuff Au Lait, & Essie Prima Ballerina
- Teal: Soak Aquae, pattern Lace Kelley, & Essie Going Incognito
New Batch of Fleece Artist Trail Socks
Just arrived, a great big bag of Fleece Artist Trail Socks! We love Trail Socks, since it’s soft, pretty, durable, and very affordable at only $17.97. It’s not only a great sock yarn, but it also wonderful for shawls, baby sweaters, and all those neckerchiefs I’ve spotted you in.
Here’s a small selection of some of our favourite colours from this shipment:
New Noro Magazine
“Many, many years ago, Eisaku Noro took a leap of faith. Trusting his experience and knowledge, his instincts and determination, he envisioned creating a yarn like no other. So many exuberant entrepreneurial moments like this end without success, but not this one. We can only imagine how hard Mr. Noro worked to market a yarn so overtly individual and carve a growing niche in a hand-knitting market dominated by single-color balls and skeins.
Speaking for the knitters of the world, we say: Bravo, Mr. Noro! Your vision inspires us: We are mesmerized as stitch after stitch forms and falls from our needles. We expect the unexpected, crave the next color, and are often hopelessly addicted. Our editors are voracious Noro knitters, so putting together this magazine has been an exciting experience for us. We congratulate the talented designers who embraced the unique qualities of Noro yarns, experimented with shape and form, color and construction, and created such inspiring results.”